Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33 summarizes the various factors that influence the writing and interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrating the limitations of the assumption...
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A partnership of the Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) and Alberta Municipal Affairs’ Public Library Services Branch (PLSB) launched the Read Alberta eBook Collection to make Alberta-published eBooks available to readers across the province and country. Titles are added quarterly.
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Auteur:Davies, Wayne K. D.Sommaire: - Auteur:Abdou, Angie, 1969-, Dopp, Jamie, 1957-Sommaire:
Sport literature is never just about sport. The genre's potential to explore the human condition, including aspects of violence, gender, and the body, has sparked the interest of writers, readers, and scholars. Over the last decade, a...
- Auteur:Stamp, Robert M.Sommaire:
Take a trip through Alberta with some of Canada's finest established and emerging poets as your guides. Writing the Terrain: Travelling Through Alberta with the Poets is the first anthology dedicated solely to the poetry of the Alberta...
- Auteur:Kostash, MyrnaSommaire:
In this essay, based on her inaugural writer-in-residence lecture at Athabasca University, Myrna Kostash reflects on what it means to be a Ukrainian Canadian and how this question has changed due to the ongoing war.
- Auteur:Bolton, Rena Point, Daly, RichardSommaire:
Xwelíqwiya is the life story of Rena Point Bolton, a Stó:lō matriarch, artist, and craftswoman. Proceeding by way of conversational vignettes, the beginning chapters recount Point Bolton's early years on the banks of...
- Auteur:Griebel, RosemarySommaire:
“Witness” is a fine word to describe Rosemary Griebel’s attitude to life, to writing. Not just witness in the sense of one who sees what anyone in the same place would see, but witness in the religious sense as well &#...
- Auteur:Blodgett, AstridSommaire:
Through mesmerizing forays into characterization, voicing, and narrative technique, and with a clean economy of style rare even in short fiction, Astrid Blodgett conjures the moral and existential freight of her fully fledged characters...
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This is a book about women and ageism. There are twenty-nine contributing writers, ranging in age from their forties to their nineties. Through essays, short stories, and poetry, they share their distinct opinions, impressions, and...
- Auteur:Brown, Michelle PoirierSommaire:
This is a stunning debut, revealing how breaking silences and reconciling identity can refine anger into something both useful and beautiful. A poetic memoir that looks unflinchingly at childhood trauma (both incestuous rape and...
- Auteur:Doctor, FarzanaSommaire:
A moving collection of poetry about navigating mid-life, full of humour and wit, from acclaimed novelist Farzana Doctor. This debut poetry collection from acclaimed novelist Farzana Doctor is both an intimate deep dive and a humorous...
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YYC POP is the legacy project by Calgary Poet Laureate, Sheri-D Wilson. A collection of poetry written by current and ex-pat Calgarians, the works contained in the collection celebrate ordinary and extraordinary Calgarians. She asked...
- Auteur:McGinnis, LeopoldSommaire:
Crafting wings out of wax and poems from the underground, Zeus and the Giant Iced Tea is a dreamlike voyage through poetic narrative format, blurring the line between poetry and fiction. Exploring the frenetic lives of Mexican cowboys,...
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